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The army doesn't read the 'fire optics forum apparently.
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Mark 5 is probably one of the better scopes Leupold has made. It even got better reviews than the Mark 6.
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I wonder how much the unit cost is.
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How do snipers use these? Twisting turrets. According to the thread below this they don't track. Shame on the military for choosing sub par optics.
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Its not the Mark5's that so many have issues with. Its every model underneath that
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I'm sure they were well tested by the Army before they awarded Leupold a contract.
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The army doesn't read the 'fire optics forum apparently. Someone should let the military know.
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Don't know anything about military procurement procedures or testing. I do suspect that "low bidder" plays into it at some point. Also your tv, on a daily basis, is showing legal advertising for cases involving thousands of sub standard earplugs issued to US troops in the sandbox. How hard is it to build a decent earplug? Military use is no gauge of quality in my opinion. Morton-Thiokol O-rings may ring a bell with some people.
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The army doesn't read the 'fire optics forum apparently. Someone should let the military know. The army doesn't read the 'fire optics forum apparently. Someone should let the military know. Well they undoubtedly follow this site, and will no doubt be making changes based on the comments here.
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I particularly enjoyed Leupold's "Combat Competition Hunter reticle" moniker.
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😂😂😂 it just keeps getting better!!!!Haha
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Thank God the Marines don't use the Leupolds.
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S&Bs with a Gen2 mil on the .308s & more recently a NF with a Horus on the .300WM, last time I saw the as-issued platforms in CONUS. Thank God the Marines don't use the Leupolds.
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Imagine a corporate oligarchy so effective, so advanced and fine tuned that its citizens still call it a democracy.
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Super Snipers?
The top confirmed shots are by the Canucks & Brits these days, but that's a fluid dynamic, given the heftier calibers used.
One hopes that the Army with the newly acquired Combat Competition Hunter reticle on the Leupy will be able to make full use of their existing heavy cals & catch up ;-)
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Cool! Don't think I'll be trying one of these out immediately though. $2500 scope might be out of place on my Salvage.
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Don't know anything about military procurement procedures or testing. I do suspect that "low bidder" plays into it at some point. Also your tv, on a daily basis, is showing legal advertising for cases involving thousands of sub standard earplugs issued to US troops in the sandbox. How hard is it to build a decent earplug? Military use is no gauge of quality in my opinion. Morton-Thiokol O-rings may ring a bell with some people. You hit the nail square on the head! Politics has a lot to do with the selection process as well. Listen to the Kifarucast Podcast with Josh Cleghorn and Butch Whiting from Kryptek #253. They discuss this very process in the Podcast. I am not criticizing nor praising Leupold, just the fact is the process is so flawed and bias.
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